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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).
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BUCKS

Rivers offers support for Lillard and says it will take multiple players to replace his production

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DENVER (AP) — Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers expressed confidence that the Bucks could remain competitive without Damian Lillard but acknowledged it would take multiple players to pick up the slack […]
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NEWS

WATCH: Lexi Donarski 3-pointer puts North Carolina up for good in Round 2 NCAA tourney win

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Onalaska native Lexi Donarski only hit one 3-pointer, but it broke a 35-35 third-quarter tie, and the 12th-ranked, third-seeded North Carolina women’s basketball team never looked back after she rattled […]
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COLLEGE

Donarski’s 3 and D helps get North Carolina to the 3rd round and a matchup with rival Duke

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She didn’t shoot well from deep and only hit one 3-pointer, but that was the one that put the North Carolina women’s basketball team up for good. Onalaska native Lexi […]
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BADGERS

La Crosse’s Katie Kotlowski now a three-time NCAA women’s hockey champion, after Badgers beat Ohio State

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La Crosse’s Katie Kotlowski is a three-time National Champion. Kotlowski and the top-ranked University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team won the title Sunday in incredibly dramatic fashion. Down a goal […]
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COLLEGE

Onalaska’s Donarski nails five 3s in 3rd quarter for Tar Heels, drops 19 in 5th and final NCAA tourney opener

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An incredible opener — incredible third quarter — for Lexi Donarski in her fifth and final NCAA tournament. The Onalaska native nailed five 3-pointers and scored 17 of her game-high […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Ehrat, Lipinski score 35 in leading Cochrane-Fountain City to 1st-ever state title

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In its first trip to state, the Cochrane-Fountain City High School boys basketball team will be coming home Saturday as champions. The Pirates got 18 points from Porter Ehrat and […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Aquinas on fire in winning 5th state championship in school history

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Trey Bahr was 9-for-11 and teammates Calvin Bahr and Logan Becker both shot 7 of 11 in leading the Aquinas High School boys basketball team to a blowout win for […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Aquinas holds off Mineral Point, heads to 1st state championship since 2013

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Last year, they watched a 3-pointer at the buzzer end the season. This time around, it was almost Déjà vu between the Aquinas High School boys basketball team and Mineral […]
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NEWS

Vikings committed to J.J. McCarthy as starting QB, after considering Aaron Rodgers

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have committed to moving forward with J.J. McCarthy as their starting quarterback this season after deciding not to offer Aaron Rodgers a contract, a […]
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COLLEGE

UW-La Crosse hosts in first-ever Sweet 16 in hoops, while wrestling, T&F compete in DIII championships

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Just a couple things happening this weekend, starting Friday, for UW-La Crosse athletics, and it’s hard to know who to bring up first. The men’s and women’s track & field […]
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